Chart of the week
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Solar
Chart: Rooftop solar could tank if GOP repeals key tax credit
Congressional Republicans are poised to eliminate a tax credit that makes rooftop solar cheaper for homeowners, the latest in a string of blows to the sector.By Dan McCarthy .
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Clean energy
Chart: Hundreds of gigawatts of clean energy at risk with GOP bill
As written, the “Big Beautiful Bill” would cast uncertainty over a staggering amount of solar, battery, and wind projects, just as energy demand is surging.By Dan McCarthy .
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Solar
Chart: California is wasting more and more clean energy
The state produces more clean energy than its grid can handle, forcing it to curtail the extra wind and solar power it can’t use. There are ways to fix that.By Dan McCarthy .
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Green steel
Chart: US steelmaking is slowly getting cleaner
None of the new steel and ironmaking capacity planned for the U.S. is coal-fired — but old, dirty units aren’t going anywhere, either.By Dan McCarthy .
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Electric vehicles
Chart: A quarter of cars sold in 2025 will be battery-powered
The global outlook is solid for EV and plug-in hybrid adoption, even as Trump’s trade and policy plans threaten to stifle growth in the U.S.By Dan McCarthy .
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Clean energy
Chart: Republicans take aim at clean energy boom benefiting GOP most
The Inflation Reduction Act unleashed a rush of investment in Republican-represented districts. Now, the GOP is proposing to effectively repeal the law.By Dan McCarthy .
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Electric vehicles
Chart: Tesla is losing its grip on EV buyers in the US
Tesla is still by far the biggest name in U.S. electric vehicles, but its sales are slipping amid competition and blowback to Elon Musk’s political antics.By Dan McCarthy .
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Clean energy
Chart: Clean energy dominated global power construction in 2024
But emissions from the power sector still ticked up last year amid rising demand and more fossil-fuel use.By Dan McCarthy .
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Clean energy manufacturing
Chart: Trump is killing the country’s clean-energy manufacturing momentum
In the first three months of this year, firms canceled nearly $8 billion worth of U.S. clean energy projects, mostly factories, in a dramatic turn from the Biden era.By Dan McCarthy .
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Electric vehicles
Chart: US EV sales are off to a solid start this year
Nearly 300,000 new electric vehicles were sold in the U.S. through March, up 11% from the start of last year. But the road ahead is bumpy and hard to predict.By Dan McCarthy .
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